"Mr Batista" Dave nodded his head and looked over the blue scrubs there was so much blood, his sisters blood. He could feel the bile rise in his throat and he fought to keep it down.
"Your sister suffered serious lacerations and puncture wounds to her upper and lower torso. But the one we were most concerned about was the one to her chest, she was very lucky if it had been a couple of inches to the side we wouldn't have had a chance to save her" The doctor smiled kindly over at the man in front of him and could feel his pain, he had a sister of his own and could sympathises with the amount of pain he was feeling.
Dave sucked in a breath, he wanted so smile, to shout that his sister was ok, the doctor hadn't told him that she was dead, instead he had said they had managed to save her. What ever he was imagining that wasn't it. He had prepared himself for the worse, had rehearsed over and over in his head what he would do when the doctor told him the bad news, had practised how he was going to tell his parents that their baby girl was dead.
"She suffered major blood lose and it was touch and go for a while but we managed to get her into a stable enough condition, but you have to understand as soon as her body is strong enough she is going to have to go into surgery to repair some of the damage we couldn't risk doing"
Dave nodded his head, he really wasn't taking in what the doctor was saying, it was like he brain wasn't allowing him to take in any other information other then the fact his sister was still alive, who ever had tried to kill her hadn't succeeded and was going to have an awful lot of pain coming his was, if the police didn't get their hands on him first.
"When can I see her?" Dave questioned his voice coming out in nothing more then a shaky whisper, one thing had penetrated his sister had died on the operating table, she had died and he hadn't been there. Right now he wanted nothing more then to see her and know she was going to be ok.
"She is being moved to the ICU as we speak, If you and your friends make your way down she should be ready. But im afraid it will only be one person at a time, just while she's in the condition as she is. If anything does go wrong it will be easier for the nurses to take care of her"
Dave nodded his head and shot the doctor a concerned look, his eyes flashing with worry he shot Hunter a look before turning to the doctor once more.
"I don't understand I thought you said she was ok" Dave questioned his voice less shaky this time but more confused; The doctor smiled sadly and folded his arms across his chest.
"You must understand Mr Batista your sister was in serious condition, we may have gotten her into a stable position but she isn't out of the woods yet" The doctor finished softly, he always hated giving families bad news. He was surprised that she had survived the surgery, he didn't want to give any of them false hope.
"What are you saying?" Randy questioned stepping forward slightly, his relationship may have ended with Cassandra but that didn't mean he still didn't care for her. He shot the doctor a worried glance and sucked in a breath his eyes momentarily wondering over to Dave's.
"You should prepare for the worse" Randy nodded his head slowly and opened his mouth slightly. He wanted to say something anything to make what happened ok again. But he knew he couldn't, every one was feeling the significance of the words the doctor had just spoken, but none of them were feeling it as much as Dave was.
Dave's posture fell and his body threatened to crumple under the weight of the news, he had been prepared for the worse but when it didn't come he had allowed him self to hope a brief moment of weakness, and now that hope had just been ripped from under him and he felt like he was plummeting into the great bottomless pit that he couldn't escape.
He nodded his head at the doctor not really seeing him, he wanted to get to his sister wanted to hold her hand and let her know he was there, wanted to apologise for all the things that had gone wrong in their lives. Wanted her to know that he couldn't live without her, let her know that she couldn't leave him.
"Thank you" Dave turned his head towards Hunter who was smiling with a sad kindness at the doctor who had just spent the less couple of hours working to save his sisters life. He felt his hand firm yet soft on his shoulder and he nodded his head sadly.
"Lets go let her know she isn't alone" Hunter whispered softly to his friend. His own heart beating in his chest. Cassandra was like a sister to him, she had travelled with them for a while when her and Randy had been dating and she had been the sweetest kid he knew, always polite but with a mean streak that really meant you didn't want to mess with her.
He watched as Dave nodded his head and he smiled sadly to his wife Stephanie over his shoulder, before apply the slightest bit of pressure onto Dave's shoulder letting him know he wasn't going any where, that he would be there for him no matter what happened.
Dave always hated the smell of the hospitals they always smelt clean, even when there wasn't a single cleaning apparatus around their was always the smell of bleach in the air. But the ICU was different, his sister was here, alone in a place that smelt of death. It hung in the air like a thick cloud you couldn't get through, it clogged up his sense.
Ever since his mum had died in ICU eight years ago after being in a car crash he hated hospitals, he associated them with death, and he knew his sister felt the same. He had to be with her let her know she wasn't in this awful place by herself.
"She's tough she's going to be fine" Dave heard John Cena say and he turned his head slightly to catch Randy leaning against the wall his head thrown back his face pale. He sighed softly, he was being selfish every one here apart from Jeff had known her, had loved her. And he hadn't even shown a single amount of compassion for what they were feeling.
Hunter followed Dave's gaze and saw the look that swept over his face and rolled his eyes Dave was the only person he knew who would feel guilty about other people in a time like this, the only person who would think he was doing something wrong. He laid a reassuring hand onto his shoulders and shook their head.
"they understand" he said smiling sadly and Dave only jerked his head in response, his eyes once again turning onto Randy and John before he took in a deep breath and turned his attention onto the reception.
He contemplate turning around and leaving allowing Hunter and the rest of them to stay and sit with his sister, but that did nothing more then make him angry, how could he even possibly think of leaving his sister in a place she hated. When she woke up she was going to be in pain and afraid. She hated these places as much as he did. So what if he was afraid he was just going to have to get over it, his sister needed him, what would he do if he left and she died alone with no one but a stranger for company.
"You must be Mr Batista" Dave lowered his head to the small brunette women that was stood in front of him before nodding his head. It was like he wasn't even in his body everything was like a film and he was watching it from somewhere else.
"Your sister is just through there" The nurse said pointing her finger into the direction of the door directly in front of reception. He took in a sharp in take of breath and let it out, for her to be in that room then it was bad, worse then he could ever imagined.
"Can I see her?" The nurse smiled kindly and laid a gentle hand onto his arm, she tilted her head slightly and looked over at the other people that were there. She smiled once again and turned her head towards the brother, the one person who was affected the most.
"Of course" She replied squeezing his arm slightly.
"If you would just follow me" She said and with one final look in the direction of Randy and John she turned and headed to the direction of Cassandra's room.
Dave looked over at Hunter pleading with him to make everything go away, to turn around and tell him this was nothing more then a dream and that he was going to wake up any second now and his sister was safe in her home.
He stopped behind the nurse who had one hand on the door, her eyes looking up at him with sympathy she laid a gentle hand onto his arm once again and looked up into his eyes.
"I have to worn you that she is hooked up to a lot of machines and wires, they are there to help her" Dave nodded his head and looked at the door trying to envision what his sister would look. Would she be pale, would she look like she did the last time she saw him. But most of all he wanted to know what that monster had done to her.
"Mr Batista" Dave looked down and smiled. The nurse nodded his head and with an intake of breath opened the door.
Dave closed his eyes and allowed himself to take in a couple of breaths, calming down his breathing, before he went in and saw her. He opened his eyes and nodded his eyes working to the now open door way.
He took in one final breath and with one final pained glance at his friends, his family, he entered the doorway and into another world, a world he only ever imagined in his worse nightmares.